Violinist Lauren Conroy is a recent graduate of the The Juilliard School where she completed her MM degree studying with Donald Weilerstein and Li Lin. She is currently attending NYU Gallatin School’s MA Program as a Koppenaal Scholar with a concentration in Contemporary Classical Music Research, Performance, and Access where she is currently involved in a research project analyzing the comparative intersections of visual artist Agnes Martin and John Cage, with a multi-media performance in Spring 2023. The project is supervised by interdisciplinary pianist and scholar Marilyn Nonken at New York University. Lauren has attended several festivals and residencies including Bowdoin International Music Festival Fellowship, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Fontainebleau, Madeline Island Chamber Music Dorothy Richard Starling Fellowship. She has co-produced several multi-disciplinary projects including projects for Juilliard’s Future Stages and NYC Ballet’s Choreographic Institute, and is a 2023 Artist in Residence at Motive Brooklyn in collaboration with dancer Savannah Jade-Dobbs.

Violinist Raina Arnett is a current member of the London-based Southbank Sinfonia through the generous support of Ian and Claire Robinson. Passionate about contemporary music, she has collaborated with composers such as Kaija Saariaho, Charles Wuorinen, Julia Wolfe, and George Lewis, and has performed chamber music with members of the JACK Quartet, Ensemble Modern, Alarm Will Sound, Bang on a Can All-Stars, and Eighth Blackbird. This season, Raina has performed with Ensemble Signal at Carnegie Hall, the Juilliard Orchestra at Alice Tully Hall, the Southbank Sinfonia at Cadogan Hall, and in Germany with the Hans Zender Akademie (Ensemble Modern). Recent festival appearances include the Grafenegg Festival (Austria), Creative Dialogues XI (Finland), London Jazz Festival (UK), Bang on a Can LOUD Weekend, and the Bach Virtuosi Festival. Outside of classical music, Raina plays regularly as an electric violinist with the high-energy party band Sugar Lane under Hank Lane Management, as well as session work with pop and jazz musicians including Grammy-nominated artist Louis Cole. Raina is a recent MM graduate of the Juilliard School where she studied under Lewis Kaplan as his teaching assistant. Her other mentors include Leila Josefowicz, Renee Jolles, and Brad Lubman.

Soprano Marisa Karchin is a compelling performer of art song, opera, and contemporary music. Marisa is pursuing a doctorate in voice at The Juilliard School where she is a recipient of the 2023 Presser Award for her work with the Glass Clouds Ensemble. Recent highlights include Hans Abrahamsen’s Two Songs of Inger Christensen and Unsuk Chin’s Akrostichon-Wortspiel (at Alice Tully Hall) with AXIOM and concerts with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Westchester Philharmonic. An avid proponent of new music, Marisa has collaborated with the Da Capo Chamber Players, Brooklyn New Music Collective, and the East Winds Quintet in a centennial performance of Earl Kim’s “Rattling On.” She has premiered many works with the Chelsea Music Festival and conductor Ken-David Masur by composers including Helen Grime and Aigerim Seilova. As winner of the 2018 Joy in Singing International Art Song Competition, Marisa presented a debut recital at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. In opera repertoire, Marisa has performed roles including La Fée (Cendrillon), Angelica (Orlando) and Nanetta (Falstaff), with artist residencies at Dayton Opera and Opera Saratoga.